From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 15 19:46:16 2000 From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 15 19:46:14 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from peorth.iteration.net (peorth.iteration.net [208.190.180.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A15437B402 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 19:46:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by peorth.iteration.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D0DEC5745B; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 21:46:35 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 21:46:35 -0600 From: "Michael C . Wu" To: James Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Promise FASTtrak66/RAID1 working? Message-ID: <20001215214635.A43778@peorth.iteration.net> Reply-To: "Michael C . Wu" Mail-Followup-To: "Michael C . Wu" , James , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org References: <20001215160102.A84096@evilcode.com> <200012160021.eBG0Lfo05581@mass.osd.bsdi.com> <20001215162523.A86352@evilcode.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001215162523.A86352@evilcode.com>; from j@evilcode.com on Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 04:25:24PM -0800 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 5025 F691 F943 8128 48A8 5025 77CE 29C5 8FA1 2E20 X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x8FA12E20 Sender: keichii@peorth.iteration.net Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 04:25:24PM -0800, James scribbled: | On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 04:21:41PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: | > > I understand that FreeBSD 4.2 (and before) does not support | > > the Promise FASTtrak66 in a RAID setup. But being one that | > > likes to see things for himself, I tried it out. | > | > Actually, FreeBSD does support these cards in 4.2. | | Hmm, that is very strange.. I could almost swear that I saw | 4.2 mentioned in one of the previous questions. | | So, should I have used the ar0 device as the drive? Or would | using either of the ad devices have worked the same? Use the ar0 if you want the RAID to work, and setup your ar0 configuration in the Promise card's BIOS. -- +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | keichii@peorth.iteration.net | keichii@bsdconspiracy.net | | http://peorth.iteration.net/~keichii | Yes, BSD is a conspiracy. | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message